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Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8558724" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 93 (July 19, 2018)</p><p></p><p>Afternoon of 1 Zar (leading up to the Midsummer Festival dinner)</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna reports on the war in Hanal [see attached]; mostly paused until spring while they wait for starvation to shake things up; she expects most of the unaligned nobles to become involved in the spring. The war is also clearly taking place in the Underdark as well; an entire Drowan city was destroyed (Canberry doesn't know which one, or how). Powerful magic is at work. The Council plans to reach out to our Drowan contacts about that.</p><p></p><p>Singing Leaves has set up a refugee camp near the southern border of Hanal, protecting it with 200 elven rangers and two schooners. There’s also a Noldar man-of-war from House Curinirim; it fired on Hanalian troops attempting to enter the refugee camp, but the elves and the Noldar are ignoring each other. There are thousands and thousands of refugees; they don’t have enough access to food.</p><p></p><p>The Star Priestess also identified two people as “corrupt embers”—the healers and redactors are trying to deal with this, but they don’t know if they’ll be able to. The Council doesn’t know what that means.</p><p></p><p>The Council asks the Ministers of War, Trade, and Agriculture to come up with a plan on how to get food to the refugee camp, and then report to them.</p><p></p><p>The Council asks Lord Silverleaves to join them. They ask about the “corrupt embers” and he becomes… almost agitated.</p><p></p><p>“It could explain the few remaining loose ends that haven’t made a great deal of sense. As I’m sure you all know, at the beginning of time, when the split occurred between the Creator and his brother, there were those among the Maiar and the Valar who followed the Creator, those who followed his brother, and those who followed a third path and tried to make themselves into gods. There were 30 who did that, and over time they turned on each other. The one who ultimately came out atop the struggle and absorbed the power of the others sought an alliance. That is what led to the first intrusion by the Pariahs. When they were ejected, he was of this place and could not be ejected. Instead, in a final act of unity, he was bound and imprisoned and the location of that imprisonment forcefully forgotten by all involved in the binding. 'Ember' was the extrusion of energy from him in his consumption of his former colleagues. It was given in small quantities to those who acted as his emissaries, spies, and messengers to those who went between him and the Pariahs. It was theorized that it would crystallize around the place where he was imprisoned over time, but that is not known. Ember corrupts those who consume it, and addicts most of them—although some are able to free themselves.”</p><p></p><p>“This couldn’t be ember that existed from the beginning of time?”</p><p></p><p>“It could be. There could be a deposit—we sought to destroy all of them, but fell to fighting amongst ourselves.”</p><p></p><p>“This required reaching across the Kinslaying?”</p><p></p><p>“Yes—the last of the Eldron facilitated it.”</p><p></p><p>The Council speculates that this might be about finding and freeing the bound god.</p><p></p><p>"We were also wondering about another matter. The Eldron seem to have a particular interest in pipe organs, and to use enormous magic through it. Are they connected to the Mountains of Thirty Mages?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes, the Eldron there passed to the West unexpectedly, to make certain that they remained. His apprentices were not prepared for his departure and each view themselves as his successor. The great organ had pipes that each contained the resonance of a particular type of magic—any type of magic could have been exalted through that organ. Of course, he never would have finished the project, and now his apprentices cannot.</p><p></p><p>"I should take you to the City of Bells sometime. He passed over even earlier, because of the conflict I was telling you about."</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8558724, member: 7030144"] Session 93 (July 19, 2018) Afternoon of 1 Zar (leading up to the Midsummer Festival dinner) Dame Brionna reports on the war in Hanal [see attached]; mostly paused until spring while they wait for starvation to shake things up; she expects most of the unaligned nobles to become involved in the spring. The war is also clearly taking place in the Underdark as well; an entire Drowan city was destroyed (Canberry doesn't know which one, or how). Powerful magic is at work. The Council plans to reach out to our Drowan contacts about that. Singing Leaves has set up a refugee camp near the southern border of Hanal, protecting it with 200 elven rangers and two schooners. There’s also a Noldar man-of-war from House Curinirim; it fired on Hanalian troops attempting to enter the refugee camp, but the elves and the Noldar are ignoring each other. There are thousands and thousands of refugees; they don’t have enough access to food. The Star Priestess also identified two people as “corrupt embers”—the healers and redactors are trying to deal with this, but they don’t know if they’ll be able to. The Council doesn’t know what that means. The Council asks the Ministers of War, Trade, and Agriculture to come up with a plan on how to get food to the refugee camp, and then report to them. The Council asks Lord Silverleaves to join them. They ask about the “corrupt embers” and he becomes… almost agitated. “It could explain the few remaining loose ends that haven’t made a great deal of sense. As I’m sure you all know, at the beginning of time, when the split occurred between the Creator and his brother, there were those among the Maiar and the Valar who followed the Creator, those who followed his brother, and those who followed a third path and tried to make themselves into gods. There were 30 who did that, and over time they turned on each other. The one who ultimately came out atop the struggle and absorbed the power of the others sought an alliance. That is what led to the first intrusion by the Pariahs. When they were ejected, he was of this place and could not be ejected. Instead, in a final act of unity, he was bound and imprisoned and the location of that imprisonment forcefully forgotten by all involved in the binding. 'Ember' was the extrusion of energy from him in his consumption of his former colleagues. It was given in small quantities to those who acted as his emissaries, spies, and messengers to those who went between him and the Pariahs. It was theorized that it would crystallize around the place where he was imprisoned over time, but that is not known. Ember corrupts those who consume it, and addicts most of them—although some are able to free themselves.” “This couldn’t be ember that existed from the beginning of time?” “It could be. There could be a deposit—we sought to destroy all of them, but fell to fighting amongst ourselves.” “This required reaching across the Kinslaying?” “Yes—the last of the Eldron facilitated it.” The Council speculates that this might be about finding and freeing the bound god. "We were also wondering about another matter. The Eldron seem to have a particular interest in pipe organs, and to use enormous magic through it. Are they connected to the Mountains of Thirty Mages?" "Yes, the Eldron there passed to the West unexpectedly, to make certain that they remained. His apprentices were not prepared for his departure and each view themselves as his successor. The great organ had pipes that each contained the resonance of a particular type of magic—any type of magic could have been exalted through that organ. Of course, he never would have finished the project, and now his apprentices cannot. "I should take you to the City of Bells sometime. He passed over even earlier, because of the conflict I was telling you about." [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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